Masterworks: Valentine’s Romance: Star-Crossed Lovers

Date: February 13, 2026

Ensemble: The Knoxville Symphony

Position: Section

Venue: The Tennessee Theatre · Knoxville, Tennessee

Program / Notes:

Celebrate the season of love with three deeply romantic masterpieces by Russia’s most quintessential composers. Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” is explored through the lenses of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, with Rachmaninoff’s ravishing “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” providing a stunning interlude between the two.

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Zlata Chochieva, piano

Performing 3rd Horn on:
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Selections

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